Observations, relative chiefly to picturesque beauty, made in the year 1772 on several parts of England, particularly the mountains and lakes of Cumberland and Westmoreland
1786
Observations, relative chiefly to picturesque beauty, made in the year 1772 on several parts of England, particularly the mountains and lakes of Cumberland and Westmoreland
1786
Binding: early polished calf. Gilt fillets along margins of boards, blind tooling on edge of boards. Gilt tooling on spines, with title and vol. no Centered on front pastedowns of both vols. is armorial bookplate with legend: Scrope Berdmore, S.T.P., Coll. Mert. Custos, 1700. Below is the armorial bookplate of Henry C. Compton Esq.r, Manor House, Lyndhurst. At foot of front free endpapers recto is the embossed label of Cl[i]fford Duits The 1st ed The views are etchings with aquatint after Gilpin's sketches. They are printed in black with tonal wash applied by hand. The last six plates in v. 2 depict grazing animals (horse, cattle, sheep) and make use of soft-ground etching in addition to etching and aquatint (as does the earlier plate facing p. 169, v. 2). The maps depict individual lakes, hand-colored blue Paging, v. 1: xxxi, xvi, 230 p., [15] leaves of plates ; v. 2: 268, xvi p., [15] leaves of plates Errata for both vols. on last leaf of v. 2
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Gilpin, William, 1724-1804. Observations, relative chiefly to picturesque beauty, made in the year 1772 on several parts of England, particularly the mountains and lakes of Cumberland and Westmoreland. Lex, lex-books.com/book/observations-relative-chiefly-to-picturesque-beauty-made-in-the-year-1772-on-sev-cdebc3a2-31be-4478-be9e-390a814dfb7c.Gilpin, W. (1786). Observations, relative chiefly to picturesque beauty, made in the year 1772 on several parts of England, particularly the mountains and lakes of Cumberland and Westmoreland. Lex. https://lex-books.com/book/observations-relative-chiefly-to-picturesque-beauty-made-in-the-year-1772-on-sev-cdebc3a2-31be-4478-be9e-390a814dfb7cGilpin, William, 1724-1804. Observations, relative chiefly to picturesque beauty, made in the year 1772 on several parts of England, particularly the mountains and lakes of Cumberland and Westmoreland. Lex. https://lex-books.com/book/observations-relative-chiefly-to-picturesque-beauty-made-in-the-year-1772-on-sev-cdebc3a2-31be-4478-be9e-390a814dfb7c.
